Cestrum diurnum (White Chocolate Jasmine)

Cestrum diurnum (White Chocolate Jasmine) white flowers in a close up plant shot
Cestrum diurnum (White Chocolate Jasmine) tiny tubular white blossoms nestled among smooth green oval foliage

Botanical name: Cestrum diurnum

Common names: White Chocolate Jasmine, Inkberry, Day Jessamine, Day Blooming Jasmine, China Berry

Family: Solanaceae

Origin: Tropical America

USDA Plant Hardiness MapLarge shrub 5-10 ft tallSemi-shadeFull sunWatering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWhite, off-white flowersPlant attracts butterflies, hummingbirdsFragrant plantSeaside, salt tolerant plant

Unlike cestrum nocturnum, this one is most fragrant during the day: flowers have very strong chocolate scent, as good as fragrance of famous Portlandia. It is a glabrous branching shrub to 8ft tall with fragrant white five-petaled elongated flowers

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Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/cestrum_diurnum.htm

Cestrum diurnum - White Chocolate Jasmine, Day Blooming Jasmine

White Chocolate Jasmine, Inkberry, Day jessamine. Unlike Night blooming jasmine Cestrum nocturnum, this one is most fragrant during the day flowers have very strong chocolate scent, as good as fragrance of famous Portlandia.

Recommended Fertilizer: SUNSHINE Pikake - Fragrant Flower Booster
Grown in
10"/3 gal pot, large plant